Tauranga RS:X windsurfer Sven Pedersen is placed 13^th at the 41st Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2011 being held in Zadar, Croatia.

There are two days left of competition and New Zealand sailors are in the top 10 in three of the eight classes competing.
'Today we had three to seven knots of southerly and flat water – a bit more shifty that the sea breeze, but still very hot,” says New Zealand team manager Ian Neely.

Sven Pedersen.

'The forecast for tomorrow says no wind.”
Tomer Simhony and Ellie Copeland continue to battle it out in the multihull where they are now placed third overall after a total of nine races, placing third and seventh in two races sailed overnight.
Denmark's multi sailors have overtaken them in the standings climbing to second with a slightly better performance on the water on day four. Just two points separate second and third on the leader-board.
Lowy and Andrade from Brazil have gold well and truly in their sights adding yet another two wins to their card and extending their lead to 26 points.
A third and a 15th from kiwis Jack Simpson and Logan Dunning-Beck sailing in the 29er drops them to fifth place overall with some work to do on the penultimate day to get back into medal contention.
Georgia Schofield is in seventh place in the girl's RS:X after a fifth and an eighth in racing on day five of the competition for her.
New Zealand's Michael Cate, sailing in the boy's Laser Radial had his best day of the regatta so far with a second and an eighth on the water improving his overall standing to 14th place.
Racing resumes for the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team tonight in what will be the penultimate day of the regatta, with just one race scheduled per fleet for the final day.
This prestigious youth regatta has attracted a total of 349 sailors from 52 countries to the city of Zadar, in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.

2011 Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships, Zadar, Croatia
NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team standings after day five

3rd Tomer Simhony and Ellie Copeland (Open Multihull – 14 entries)
7th Georgia Schofield (Female RS:X Wind surfing – 20 entries)
13th Sven Pedersen (Male RS:X Wind surfing – 34 entries)
25th Verity Judge and Gemma Jones (Female 420 – 31 entries)
19th Alexander Munro and Brad Moss (Male 420 – 34 entries)
5th Jack Simpson and Logan Dunning-Beck (29er – 23 entries)
14th Michael Cate (Male Laser Radial – 50 entries)
20th Molly Meech (Female Laser Radial – 41 entries)

Team Manager: Ian Neely
Coaches: Shelley Hesson and Jim Maloney